Switching CPU & Motherboard

With Vista, I currently have a 1.6GHz Intel Pentium dual core processor with and ASUS board, and i plan on switching to an ECS board (Newegg.com - ECS A780GM-A Ultra AM2+/AM3 AMD 780G HDMI ATX AMD Motherboard - AMD Motherboards) coupled with an AMD Athlon II processor (Newegg.com - AMD Athlon II X4 620 Propus 2.6GHz 4 x 512KB L2 Cache Socket AM3 95W Quad-Core Processor - Processors - Desktops).

I have read that a viable option is to Repair install Vista.

Will this work, or is it easier to do a clean install?

Btw, Home Basic x86, 2gb ddr2 mem, 320 gb sata hdd

Hi clonerix and welcome to Vista Forums

Before you do anything, backup your user files and data. You can try a http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/88236-repair-install-vista.html, but my preference in this case would be a http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/117366-clean-install-full-version-vista.html

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Before the fact:

Swapping your board without so much as a reinstall - Topic Powered by Social Strata

After the Fact:

http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/88236-repair-install-vista.html

But i agree with Dwarf 110% about doing backups...

Thanks all, I'll try these as soon as my new stuff gets here!